02873nam a22004215i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050000900153072001500162072002300177072001400200100007600214245011400290250001800404264006900422300006500491336002600556337002600582338003600608347002400644505043500668520098801103650002602091650003702117650002302154650004402177650002702221650002502248710003402273773002602307776003602333776003602369856004602405978-3-031-55102-4DE-He21320251030112058.0cr nn 008mamaa240526s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315510247 a10.1007/978-3-031-55102-42doi 4aR733 7aMX2bicssc 7aMED0040002bisacsh 7aMX2thema1 aErnst, Edzard.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aBizarre Medical Ideash[electronic resource] :b... and the Strange Men Who Invented Them /cby Edzard Ernst.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIII, 242 p. 11 illus., 2 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aMedical Progress and Its Innovators -- Medical Icons -- Alternative Medicine -- Reasons for the Popularity of Alternative Medicine -- The Humbug Score -- Albert Abrams – Inventor of Radionics -- Frederick Matthias Alexander – Inventor of the Alexander Technique -- Edward Bach – Inventor of the Bach Flower Remedies -- William Hope Fitzgerald – Rediscoverer of Reflexology -- Max Gerson – Inventor of the Gerson Therapy.  aThis book focuses on the individuals who invented specific forms of alternative medicine. Examples are Hahnemann (homeopathy), Still (osteopathy), Schulz (autogenic training). In total, about 40 such personalities are included in the book. They have all led unusual lives, and the book explores their journey towards their inventions. Certain characteristics seem to emerge: · They are all male! · Many originated from Europe · Most of them are white · Many gave their name to the therapy · Many inventions are relatively recent · Many inventors are not doctors · Most inventors claim to have found a panacea · Many adhere to vitalistic ideas · Almost all of the inventors are fully convinced of their invention · Inventions are often based on personal experience · The inventions tend to be implausible even by the standards of their time The book explores all these themes and, where appropriate, contrasts them with the corresponding situation in conventional medicine. 0aAlternative medicine. 0aSociologyxBiographical methods. 0aMedicinexHistory.14aComplementary and Alternative Medicine.24aBiographical Research.24aHistory of Medicine.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303155101708iPrinted edition:z978303155103140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55102-4